The Last Bass Outpost

Cream was always one of my favorite bands.  I liked a lot of other things Eric Clapton was involved in,, too, all too much to try to mention.  But at some point in his solo career he got bogged down.  His music became too commercialized and boring.  I don't even like most of the covers he did.  I've gotten into discussions about this kind of stuff with a friend many times.  He idolizes Clapton.  I much prefer Hendrix.  Although Hendrix was also beginning to get less interesting toward the end as he was trying to make a conscious decision to move away from rock.  Of course all of this is IMHO. 

Despite Eric Clapton's stunning achievements (going way way back, even to what he did on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps") I always was more interested in Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce.  Maybe it's okay to say that on a Ginger Baker thread. 

Ginger Baker himself said that he thought "Wrapping Paper" was shit.  I hardly think he can be blamed for it.  Whatever Eric Clapton's and Jack Bruce's reasons were for wanting to do that song, I don't know.  I suspect they wanted to just do something that would totally throw everyone off guard or something like that.  But I don't like that song, "Mother's Lament," or "Anyone for Tennis."  I like most other Cream songs, though.  As for solo work, I kept up way more with Jack Bruce's solo career than that of Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.  What I did hear from Ginger Baker  I liked, although I can't say the same for Eric Clapton. 

Very sad.

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Having a problematic G string wouldn't be good, especially since I probably use it more than most people.  It's a shame.  Because I've noticed Stingrays seem to often sound above average in sound tests, IMO. 

I hope he recovers fully and lives long enough to replace the drums track on Sunshine of Your Love, this time with the accents on 2 and 4 WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. It drives me crazy every time. He took a perfectly good song with a killer hook and made it impossible to listen to.

I've seen two versions of what happened with the song.  In one Ginger Baker said he thought the song needed a different tempo.  He came up with that particular drumbeat and liked the song after that.  In the other version, supposedly Tom Dowd requested that the song have a tribal drumbeat.  Whatever happened, it appears there were people involved who preferred that the song be that way. 

Harp Metal

I've always liked the way they sound. 

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers have plenty of material to work with to discredit her character as a witness it would seem.

I briefly glimpsed something in the news about that, but the details eluded me.  If you google Weinstein and Paltrow, you just get the story about Brad Pitt threatening to kill Harvey Weinstein after he made a pass when she was Pitt's girlfriend. 

BTW, if this place doesn't make it as a bass forum, I think there may be some potential as a gossip site, or at least a consumer advocacy place against pseudoscience.